Three persons hacked to death in Puri

Three persons were hacked to death by unidentified assailants near a police check post in Odisha's Puri district on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place near Pattnaikiya chhak between Bhubaneswar and Puri under the jurisdiction of Satyabadi police station in the afternoon.

While the exact reason behind the killing is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the murder could be the fallout of old enmity, police said.

Demanding immediate arrest of the culprits, local poeple staged a road blockade.